Dr. Janet Sio 邵婉瑜 IELTS Preparatory Course: Listening and Spoken English Fujian Normal University Creative Visualization Conditionals and Comparisons

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by: Dr. Seuss One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish. Black fish, blue fish, old fish, new fish. This one has a little star. This one has a little car. Say! What a lot of fish there are. Yes. Some are red. And some are blue. Some are old. And some are new. Some are sad. And some are glad. And some are very, very bad. Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know. Go ask your dad. Some are thin. And some are fat. The fat one has a yellow hat.

From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere. Here are some who like to run. They run for fun in the hot, hot sun. Oh me! Oh my! What a lot of funny things go by Some have two feet and some have four. Some have six feet and some have more. Where do they come from? I can’t say. But I bet that have come a long, long way. We see them come. We see them go. Some are fast. And some are slow. Some are high. And some are low. Not one of them is like another. Don't ask us why. Go ask your mother.

Who am I? My name is Ned. I do not like my little bed This is no good. This is not right. My feet stick out of bed all night. And when I pull them in, Oh Dear! My head sticks out of bed up here! We like our bike. It is made for three Our Mike sits up in back, you see. We like our Mike and this is why: Mike does all the work when the hills get high. Oh, dear! Oh, dear! I can not hear. Will you please come over near? Will you please look in my ear? There must be something there, I fear.

Say, look! A bird was in your ear. But he is out. So have no fear. Again your ear can hear, my dear. My hat is old. My teeth are gold. I have a bird, I like to hold. My shoe is off. My foot is cold. I have a bird, I like to hold. My hat is old. My teeth are gold. And now my story is all told.

FNU PETS Oral English 2012 Suppositional Statements: “If I had a million dollars…” If (I/you/he/she/they) (past tense)…, (I/you/he/she/they) would (verb)…. Example: If I were prime minister of Canada, I would improve relations with China. If I were a rich man, I wouldn’t ride a bicycle. “I’d” = “I would”

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a house ( I would buy you a house) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you furniture for your house (maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a K-car (a nice Reliant automobile) If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love If I had a million dollars I'd build a tree fort in our yard If I had a million dollars You could help, it wouldn't be that hard If I had a million dollars Maybe we could put a refrigerator in there Wouldn't that be fabulous!

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I’d buy you a fur coat (but not a real fur coat, that's cruel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you an exotic pet (like a llama or an emu) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you John Merrick's remains (All them crazy elephant bones) If I had a million dollars, I'd buy your love If I had a million dollars We wouldn't have to walk to the store If I had a million dollars We'd take a limousine ‘cause it costs more If I had a million dollars, we wouldn’t have to eat Kraft dinner

If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a green dress (but not a real green dress, that's cruel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd but you some art (A Picasso or a Garfunkel) If I had a million dollars (If I had a million dollars) I'd buy you a monkey (haven't you always wanted a monkey?) If I had a million dollars If I had a million dollars I'd be rich!

If you had a million dollars (630 万 RMB), what would you do? If you were in a car accident, what would you do? If you could be any person in the world, who would you be? If you could change one thing about yourself, what would you change? If you could reform the environment protection laws, what would you do?

FNU PETS Oral English 2012 If you bought a car, what kind of car would you buy? (explain your answer) If you had a chance to visit any country in the world, where would you go? (explain your answer) If you could meet any person in the world, who would it be? (explain your answer) If you found a 100 RMB bill on the sidewalk, what would you do? If you were premier of China, what would you do?

Sentence Patterns Describing Perspectives Exercise  In my culture,people usually (don’t)_____.  In China,people often / rarely _____. people would (not) _____. people are (not) expected to _____. people feel comfortable/uncomfortable__.  From the Asian perspective/point of view,….”  “In contrast, the Western way of....”

Creative Visualization: When East Meets West by Liu Yang Born in Beijing in 1976 moved to Germany at the age of 13 Graduated in 2000 with a Master’s degree in Design from the Berlin University of the Arts

Blue --> Westerner Red --> Asian 1.Opinion 意见 “direct” vs “indirect”

2. Ego 自尊 “confident” vs “modest” “inflated” vs “insecure”

3. Way of Life 生活方式 “independent” vs “communal”

4. Social Network 关系 “Simple” vs “complex”

5. Punctuality 准时 “punctual” or “flexible”

6. Lining Up 排队

7. Travelling 旅游 “traveller” vs “tourist”

8. Handling Problems 处理问题 “Head on” vs “sweep under the rug”

9. At a Party 联欢会 “mixer” vs “banquet”

10. Sundays on the Road 星期天 在路上

11. Anger 怒气 “Transparent” vs “hidden” emotion

12. The Leader 领导 “Facilitator” or “Authority”

13. The Child 孩子 African proverb: “It takes a village to raise a child.”

14. Elderly in Day to Day Life 老人生活 “freedom” vs “duty”

Last Project Date: May 27 Topic: Traditions Task: 1-2 minute speech about a traditional Chinese holiday or celebration (wedding). Include: kinds of food that are eaten the significance of the day how you celebrate it with your family. Recite the Dr Seuss passage: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Future Tense and Probability: Two questions